EnVyUs overun FNRGFE to secure Finals spot

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Taimou had a sub-par performance for the most part, and they still 3-0'd FNRGFE. Just goes to show you how good the team is as a whole and how flexible every player on the roster is. In my opinion FNRGFE was the toughest opponent they will face in Contenders, so i predict another 3-0 in the finals regardless of who they face.

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I didn't think Taimou himself was performing poorly, but I thought some of the hero picks were certainly questionable.

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The first map being so close could easily be interpreted as FNRGFE really turning up, or EnvyUs not being as optimal as they could have been given the change in comp due to Seagull being in.

Either way the next two maps were successively less close as the match went on. They're a very strong team and I'll be very much looking forward to seeing if FaZe can crack the code. The one thing I'm very sure of is that Envy should have the advantage on KotH given Seagull's, imo, far superior Pharah play.

The finals should be a good match and I can't wait to see if this goes all the way.

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envy looking strong but seagull was underwhelming same goes for taimou though but we saw him too many times in god mode on lan for me to be concerned

and as i already shamelessly self promoted myself under misfits article ill do the same here for envy :P history of envyus overwatch here: https://www.over.gg/5964/maybe-something-interesting-about-envyus#14

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Most of your posts on this forum are on point, as is your article, but I do have to question if we were watching the same game here. Seagull looked easily as competent on Pharah as any other player that we've seen in contenders, arguably better than some. Adding into that limited practice time, it becomes even more impressive. Taimou was a little underwhelming compared to some events, sure, but he carried his own weight, and Effect was absolutely going off, half the time not keeping players alive long enough for Taimou to kill.

It's also worth noting that whilst FNRGFE are an unsigned team, these players are in no way strangers to overwatch and LANs

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Remiska is a troll when it comes to Seagull, I've noticed that instead of taking the middle ground he tends to overly criticize seagull in many posts(IMO he's trying to "balance" the perception against the legions of seagull supporters here).

Let's be honest. Seagull is probably one of the biggest reasons the game has the popularity it has right now and a lot of people learn a lot looking at his streams. And he is a reasonably competent player in the pro scene. Envy are better with him on the roster.

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In the end you can argue that one player is better than the other on any given map or even any given engagement. The fact lies that what separates the best from the others is adaptation. What makes envy a cut above all other NA team is that they can adapt to almost any scenario. When one player appears to be playing poorly it is because they are purposely enabling or protecting another teammate. Envy understands more than any NA team how to adapt when each of their heroes is being pressured/focused by the enemy team. It may be that for example cocco on winston is being focused so effect on his zarya he showed off today has to protect him. Or maybe harry gets into a bad spot fragging as lucio while a flanking dva jumps into him so taimou on a soldier has to turn around and focus the dva to force the dva to retreat. Thes may be bad examples because I do not play competitive OW. But to a trained eye those seconds of diverted attention can cause you to miss out on a clutch one shot to a zen or a sleep dart to a genji blade.

Long story short some players have bad games. But a team as conditioned as envy have it down to a science. Neither player is necessarily better than the other because each has their specific job. Taimou probably would be a bad mercy like cocco would be a sub par widowmaker. But because they can play to not just their opponents weaknesses but their teammates weaknesses to fill in holes NV will be dominant in NA for some time to come. It is the cohesiveness that makes them win. Not just individual talent. As far as seagull(since he is new) is concerned he is a good addition so long as be is flexing appropriately with the teams already developed flexibility. While this FNRGFE is not a huge challenge he has shown to fit so far.

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He really did carry his own weight.

https://clips.twitch.tv/ScaryPoorButterOSfrog

LUL

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Seagull's performance was better than I expected it to be considering the short time between him being announced and them deciding to use him.

His Pharah looked like one of the best in the tournament despite only being used for one map. Case in point being his duels with Buds who himself has proved to be a formidable Pharah this tournament. It's hard to come to much of conclusion since he only played one map and one hero, but I think he did great.

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Remiska fishing for downfrags LuL

But tbh Seagull played really well, especially on University where only Zza and Yikes had the balls to run Pharamercy, with success nonetheless. Taimou didn't shine as much and I'm guessing cause Chips was focusing on keeping Seagull alive most of the time, he absolutely massacred on the other maps.
And Effect just popped off. All it took was for him to go Tracer and break FNRGFE on University, I think he took matters in his own hands because that stage was very close.

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Am I the only one that thought Taimou popped off? There were so many instances e.g Eichenwald where he shredded FNRGFE into tiny little pieces. If that was his playing badly then oh boy I can't wait to see him play well

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Yeah he actually had huge moments when they weren't focusing him so hard at the beginning of fights, I think it's more like # 2 said, and there were a lot of questionable hero picks at certain times.

EnVyUs overun FNRGFE to secure Finals spot

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